Football Dynamo

Author: Marc Bennetts
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0753520257
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
In 1991, the collapse of the USSR seemed to signal the death of the Russian football industry, as the money, the players and the fans left. But now the oligarchs who profited from the post-Soviet turmoil are supporting the nation's football clubs and their dreams of glory, resulting in unprecedented success. Along this journey into the heart of Russian football, Marc Bennetts meets the managers, oligarchs, players, pundits and fans that define the Russian Premier league, now the fastest-growing and most intriguing football league in the world. From Andrei Arshavin and the national team's adventures at Euro 2008 to the symbolism of a club from war-torn Chechnya lifting the Russian FA Cup, Football Dynamo uncovers shocking revelations about corruption, hooliganism and racism, but also the true beauty of the game and the country.

Dynamo

Author: Andy Dougan
Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781592284672
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
The amazing true story of a soccer team, re-formed from the players of the great Dynamo and Lokomotiev Kiev squads in the chaos of World War II, that played out one fateful summer season of matches.

The Mighty Dynamo

Author: Kieran Crowley
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447299795
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
Cheer on Noah and his team in Kieran Crowley's The Mighty Dynamo. Filled with footy, fun and friendship, it's an hilarious story perfect for young football fans. Noah longs to be a professional footballer – and playing in the Schools' World Cup qualifiers might be just what he needs to get scouted. But when he's banned from his school team for something he didn't do, all his dreams are in doubt. Determined to live up to his Mighty Dynamo nickname, Noah must find his own way to enter the contest – no matter what it takes! With best friend Stevie on tactics, and the skills of some unlikely new teammates, he's soon ready to take on the world – just as long as no one plays foul . . .

Passovotchka

Author: David Downing
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780747548133
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
In 1945, a party from the Moscow Dynamo football club travelled to Britain to play four matches against top British teams. They departed 33 days later, leaving a trail of controversy in their unbeaten wake. This work looks at how both Britain and Russia were unable to keep politics out of sport.

Football and the Boundaries of History

Author: Brenda Elsey
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349950068
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
The essays in this volume use football to create a dialogue between history and other disciplines, including art criticism, philosophy, and political science. The study of football provides fertile ground for interdisciplinary initiatives and this volume explores the disciplinary boundaries that are shifting “beneath our feet.” Traditional disciplines in the humanities and social sciences have come to embrace diverse research methodologies and the increased scholarly attention to football over the past decade reflects both the startling popularity of the sport and the trends in historical scholarship that have been termed the “cultural,” “interpretive,” or “linguistic” turns. This volume includes work on gender, sexuality, and ethnicity, which have challenged disciplinary fault-lines.

The Politics of Football

Author: Christos Kassimeris
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000936201
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
This book examines the deep connections between football and politics, and explains what those relationships can tell us about sport and wider society. With the game occupying a preeminent place on the world sporting stage, this book argues that the political significance of football has never been greater. The book explores the politics of football governance and the international organisations that run the game, as well as the interaction of footballing authorities with government at all levels. It shows how football clubs and supporter groups have leaned left - such as FC Sankt Pauli - or right – such as SS Lazio – and have been significant voices in secessionist debates and the promotion of religious identities and ethno-centrism, and how football has been used by fascist and communist regimes to project political ideology. The book also considers key contemporary political issues in football, such as surveillance, discrimination, and human rights. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in football, in the politics or sociology of sport, in international relations, government or political ideology, or in the intersection of politics and culture.

Information Bulletin

Author: Soviet Union. Posolʹstvo (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 1132

Book Description

European Football in Black and White

Author: Christos Kassimeris
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739119600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
European Football in Black and White offers an engaging interpretation of a disturbing phenomenon in Europe's favorite sport: football violence fueled by racism. While many fans across Europe have used football to further destructive ethnocentric agendas, there are also pan-European initiatives in the football stadium to combat the almost endemic problem. Christos Kassimeris analyzes political ideologies that have influenced football supporters, drawing attention to the increasing politicization of football and the footballization of politics. He also considers the contributions of nationalism, social class, and media coverage before assessing attempts by various groups, from the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network to the European Union, to rectify the problem. Ultimately, he concludes that football needs to be dissociated from both racism and politics for the sport to flourish. Unlike more traditional attempts to explain football violence and racism, this book seeks to establish a Europe-wide as well as a national explanatory framework for racism from a political perspective. This study will draw the interest not only of scholars across the humanities and social sciences, but also of ordinary football supporters. Book jacket.

Football Fans, Rivalry and Cooperation

Author: Christian Brandt
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315455196
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 259

Book Description
Football is undoubtedly the sport with the largest following in the world, attracting billions of fans across the globe. These fans play an integral part in determining the identity of the football club they support. Many studies have focused on the intense rivalry between clubs, their fans and the opposing identities they represent. However, little attention has been paid to examples of cooperation between rival fans. This book is the first to explore antagonistic cooperation in football; the idea that rival fans can work together despite their animosity. With examples from Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Croatia, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK, the US and Zimbabwe, this book brings together case studies on rival fans working together and explores how and why such cooperation takes place. Showcasing original research from a team of international football scholars, it sheds new light on the social and political complexities of contemporary football fan culture. Football Fans, Rivalry and Cooperation is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in football studies, the sociology of sport, sport and politics, or sport and social theory.

German Football

Author: Alan Tomlinson
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415351959
Category : Nationalism and sports
Languages : en
Pages : 278

Book Description
This unique collection of essays by German and British academics examines the history and significance of football in German culture and society.